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THEATER FIVE
Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five.
OTRR Certification Information: Series Name: Theater Five Certification Status: OTRR Certified Accurate Certification Date: December 11, 2006 Certification Version: Version 1 Number of CDs: 7 From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.
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OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHER'S GROUP
This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website and the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available.
If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo.
Relax, listen, and enjoy!
OTRR Definitions:
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Indeterminacy
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March 2, 2011
Subject: Too good to be forgotten
Subject: Too good to be forgotten
This series is too good to be forgotten. The stories are similar in style and quality to the 1951 TV series Tales of Tomorrow, also available here. Though I'm a fan of old time radio, I somehow never heard of this series before.
The performances are gritty, and the stories imaginative and uncluttered with too much background story, leaving much more to the imagination. The effect is stronger than CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Fans of CBSRMT will also discover some familiar voices.
I tried a few single episode downloads at the single episode page, then came here. It was more convenient to to DL the entire series in zipped form.
The performances are gritty, and the stories imaginative and uncluttered with too much background story, leaving much more to the imagination. The effect is stronger than CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Fans of CBSRMT will also discover some familiar voices.
I tried a few single episode downloads at the single episode page, then came here. It was more convenient to to DL the entire series in zipped form.
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aztrisha
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June 1, 2007
Subject: Sci-Fi shorts
Subject: Sci-Fi shorts
Love this series. The OTRRG or Old Time Radio Researchers Group does a great job of getting as "complete as possible" series and includes jpgs, etc. Keep up the GREAT work.
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